One hole cover

 

 

This old utility cover is a scene in the street beneath our feet.  Its original usage is now now known.  It may have been a gas shutoff, or a water shutoff, or maybe a fill for a below ground heating oil tank?  

 

 

A in the arrow

 

A is for arrow

 

  

This nicely patina-ed Bingham and Taylor GAS utility cover is seen in the street beneath our feet.  The cover is intended to be aligned so the arrow indicates the direction of the gas flow.

 

Louder than wetter

 

Looks ominous but not

Hot day clouds make a break as they approach cooler bay waters. They passed-by with sustained peals of thunder and heat lightning but very little rain.

 

Produce waste bins

 

Fill 'em up 'n' throw 'em out

At the back of a market, a row just installed and still clean bright orange-red bins stands ready to receive the wasted organic and produce food products.  The chain keeps scavengers from scrounging from the bins.

 

Hexy covers

Hexagon patterns on a manhole cover usually indicate that it is for a telecom or telephone utility.  Here are two:

 

 

Bell in hex

This cover features the bell symbol of a telephone company and various design elements - mostly hexagons - in circles of 12.

 

 

Six hexagon holes

This manhole cover features an outside ring of 12 "teeth" and six "erupting" hexagons, six free floating hexagons, six hexagons with aeration holes, and one central hexagon.

Both of these were seen in the street beneath our feet.

 

Rectangle in blue

 

Just the rectangle

 

A tribute to Mark Rothko concentrates on a blue rectangle with other colorata covering the wide brick canvas.  

 

Looks like a square

 

Not a square

The precise edges of this work foretells an exploration of Mark Rothko; the background re-assures the viewer that the painter's path has not strayed from too far.